MUS 214 Keyboard Skills 2 (First Term)

Course develops piano skills essential for all music majors. Keyboard Skills 2 focuses on chromatic harmony. Skills include the performance of scales and arpeggios, chord progressions with modulations (including altered chords) with corrective voice leading and resolution, harmonization, transposition, improvisation, realization of figured bass, sight-reading of two-part piano texture. Designed to be taken with MUS 211 and MUS 224 concurrently.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

MUS 113, MUS 116, and MUS 129 

Corequisite

MUS 211 and MUS 224 

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate keyboarding skills with accuracy for all major and minor scales using both hands together
2. Demonstrate correct voice leading and resolution, harmonization, and use of a variety of cadences in complex chord progressions that modulate at a basic level
3. Demonstrate realization of complex figured bass and lead sheet notation at a basic level